Stove-frame.



F. G. NECOLAUS.

STOVE FRAME.

APPLICATSOH FILED JAN. 9, 1915.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

2 SHEETSSHEET I.

F. G. NfGOLAUS.

STOVE FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-9.1915.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 QW-W j 61 tic M144 s'ra rns PATENT OFFICE- rnnnniue e. NICOLAUS, or CLEVELAND, omo, assren'on 'IO AMERICAN s'rovn GOMPANY, or ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION on NEW JERSEY.

STOVE-FRAME.

I 1 '0 all whom it may concern.

.doorframe frame.

Be it known that I, Fnnnmuo G. NICO- LAUS, a citizen of the lnited States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Steve FIHIHQS, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in stove frames.

The object of my invention is to provide a stove frame made of angle iron which is very rigid and unbreakable and at the same time producing a frame in which all of the horizontal and vertical joints are flush, thus producing a more simple, cheap and practical stove frame.

Another object of my invention is to produce a stove frame which is readily as sembled and which has certain details of structure and combination of parts hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved stove frame. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the angle iron forming the upper top burner frame, before being bent and showing the cutaway portion to allow for forming the corners. Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the angle iron bent to form the corner or angle of the frame. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the angle iron'forming the lower frame having the cutaway portion in'the shorter leg of the angle iron and showing the semi-circular notches. Fig. 5 is a plan view showing the angle iron bent to form the angle or corner of the frame and providing an opening for allowing the insertion of the bolt for the leg. Fig. 6 is a side elevation showing the dovetail connection between the vertical and the horizontal bottom Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 7-7, Fig. 6.

the corners. Fig-.10 is a plan view showing the angle iron bent and showing the cutaway portions fitting tightly together.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 repre- Specification of Letters Patent.

8 is a. sectional view showing the means' for se-,

drawings.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

Application filed .Tanuaryi), 1915. Serial No. 1,397.

sents a base of my improved stove frame and is formed of a continuous piece of angle iron bent in a rectangular form and secured together at 2, by means of a short piece of angle iron 3, fully shown in Fig. 1, ofthe drawings. 1

In forming the base or the stove-frame, a piece of angle iron of' proper length is taken and at the proper intervals thereon the short leg 4 of the angle iron has stamped therefrom the triangular portions 5. The cut-away portions have semi-circular cut-' away portions 6 oppositely arranged, as shown in Fig. 4:, and when the long or vertical ,leg of the angle iron is bent at the apex of the cut-away portions to bring the edges of the said cut-away portions together and to form a right angle, the two semi-circular portions form a circular opening 7, through which passes a bolt by means of which the stove leg is secured to the base.

The long leg of the angle iron, as shown, is vertically disposed so as to give greater strength to the frame and by thus forming the base it will be seen that the corners have a neat appearance and at the same H outside of the vertical portion of the angle iron.

The ends of the angle iron, as heretofore stated, abut and are held in said abutting position by means of the short piece of angle iron 3, and passing through the corner of the base 1 are. bolts 10, which pass through the angle iron 3 and have secured thereon nuts 10, asfully shown in Fig. 8 of the The vertical portion 11 of the angle iron forming the base is provided In order to prevent the legs with dovetailed notches 12, communicating i withthe ,upper edge of the angle iron and into which fits the dovetailed portion 13 of the standards 14, 15 and 16.

The standards '15 and 16 form the doortill frame for the upper and lower ovens and are constructed of a single piece of angle iron provided with the cutaway portions at the corners to form the rectangular frame shown in Fig. 1. In order to hold the dovetailed portions 13 in the recesses 12. a bolt 17 passes through an opening 13. half of which is in the vertical portion 11 of the angle iron forming the base and the other half of the opening in the lower end of the dovetailed portion 13. This bolt passes loosely through a washer 19, which is of a length to overlap the ends of the recess 12. as fully shown in dotted lines. Fig. (3. Secured on the bolt 17, on the outside of the washer 19, is a nut 20, and by tightening the bolt 17, it will be seen that the standards 14, 15 and 16 will be flush with the vertical portion 11 of the angle iron forming the base.

In order to provide the frame forming the front or door-frame of the oven. atransverse angle iron 21 is provided, which has a dovetailed connection with the standards 15 and 16, arranged in precisely the same manner as that heretofore described and, therefore, this connection will not be more. fully described.

Secured to the upper endof the standard 14, is a top frame 22 of the stove, which like the base 1, is formed of angle iron which is arranged in a reverse position to that of the base. That is, the longer leg of the angle iron is arranged in a horizontal position and, therefore, the said longer leg is provided at proper intervals with cut-away portions 22', which allow the angle iron to be bent into a rectangular frame to form the top of the stove. The two abutting ends 23 and 2-1 of the angle iron forming the top are secured together by a short piece of angle iron, the same as that described in respect to the base 1. v

While I have shown and described this specific arrangement of the base, top and over-door frame, it will be understood that those are varied in different forms of stoves and, therefore, I do not lay any stress upon this specific arrangement of the same.

The invention is in forming a stove-frame of angle iron so that the different frames are formed of continuous pieces of angle iron bent to form the different rectangular frames and said frames secured together with their outer faces flush.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pateat is:

1. A rectangular frame comprisingra strip of angle iron of a length equal to no perimeter of the frame, one leg of the angleiron having four cut-out portions equal to a right angle, the other leg of the angle iron bent at points locatedat the apex of the out out por tions, the ends. of the strip pulled together to cause the edges of the cut-out portions to of angle iron of a length equal to the perimeter of the frame. one leg of the angle iron having four cut-out portions equal to a right angle and located at equal distances apart forming two ends projecting beyond the cutout portions of a combined length equal to the space between the cut out portions. the v other leg of the angle iron bent at points lorated at the apex of the rut-out portions. the ends of the strip pulled tightly together and fastened thereby causing the edges of the cutout portions to tightly abut and to hold them in their abutting positions, thus firmly holding the frame in its completed shape with the surface of the cut-out portions flush throughout its perimeter.

3. An angular frame comprising a strip of angle iron of a length equal to the perim eter of the frame, one leg of the angle iron having cut-out portions equal to the desired angle of the frame, the other leg of the angle iron bent at points located at the apex of the cut-out portions, the ends of the strip pulled tightly together to cause the edges of the cut-out portions to firmly abut, and the said ends firmly fastened to hold the said abutting edges firmly together and to hold the frame in its completed shape.

4. A stove frame comprising a base frame formed of a strip of angle iron having V- shaped cut-away portions in one. leg and the other leg, bent to form the corners of the base with flush vertical and horizontal walls. a door frame formed of angle irons in like manner and having a dovetailed connection with the vertical leg of the base frame, a bolt intersecting the dove-tailed opening in the base and a washer on the roar of the said bolt and engaging the dovetailed portion of the door-frame and the face of the Vertical leg of the base.

5. A stove base formed of a strip of angle iron of a length equal to the perimeter of the base. the horizontal leg of the angle iron having V-shaped cutaway portions provided with recesses and said recesses adapted to form an opening when the vertical leg of the angle iron is bent to form a rectangular base to provide means for securing the stove leg thereto.

6. A stove frame comprising a base frame formed of a strip of angle iron having cut away portions in one, leg and the other leg bent to form the corners of the base with flush vertical and horizontal walls, a door frameformed of angle irons in like manner and having a flush connection with the vertical leg of the base frame, a bolt intersecting the connection in the base and a washer on the rear of the said bolt andengaging the connection of the door-frame and the base of the vertical leg of the base.

7. A rectangular metal frame comprising a strip of angle iron of'a length equal to the '0 perimeter of the frame, four rectangular portions cut out of one leg of the angle iron, the other leg of the angle iron bent at a point opposite the center of the cut-away portion, and said cutaway portion arranged at the four corners of the rectangular frame, a door frame formed of angle iron from a continuous sheet of metal having a. cut-away portion to form flush vertical and horizontal Walls, the door frame having a flush connection with the base frame.

8. An angular frame comprising an angle iron of a length equal to the complete perimi frame capable of being bodily incorporated 25 in a structure and to hold its shape irrespective of the other parts of the structure in which it is incorporated.

In testimony whereof I hereunto ailix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses. 30

FBEDERIC Witnesses:

J. K. MOORE, C. R. WRIGHT, Jr.

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